The End Of The Storm
by Jai Johnson
Title
The End Of The Storm
Artist
Jai Johnson
Medium
Photograph - Mixed Media
Description
I've waited months to do this work of art from the final photo of Hiram and Julia {Shiloh, TN} together, before they both disappeared. This photo was taken after Julia {right} returned in April. Hiram {on the left} had been fighting with Jesse all day on this day {April 10th}. He was totally exhausted. Both he and Jesse had bloodied feet by the end of the day. And these fights had been going on for over a month at this point. Jesse was determined to take over their nest site, and I believe after this day, Hiram had enough.
I saw Julia once after this, and saw Hiram once as well, but never saw them together again after April. And after those final single sightings, I haven't seen either eagle. My guess is Hiram decided it was time to build a new nest, in a different location, rather than continue fighting over this location. I see it being similar to a nice neighborhood gone bad after the arrival of gangs...you want your peace back, and you can't get rid of them, so you move out. I think that's what happened here. It was "The End Of The Storm".
The question now is can Jesse hold onto this territory he so desired to acquire? There's still many other eagles around - there were 4 in the sky he was chasing off a couple days ago. Are we going to have a repeat of last year with others trying to take over? Only time will tell. All I know, is the amazing nest built by Hiram and Julia is one hot property...they all want it for themselves.
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December 17th, 2021
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